East Coast Division
The Bennett Hospitality Megadock Billfishing Tournament July 8-11, 2015 Final Results
1st Place Billfish Release
Artemis
Captain: Legare Smith
Owner: John Darby
1200points – 2 blue marlin releases
$74,800
2nd Place Billfish Release
Sportin’ Life
Captain: Bobby Garmany
Owner: Graham Eubank
1000points – 5 sailfish releases
$56,100
3rd Place Billfish Release
Can’t Complain
Captain/Owner: Mullins McLeod
1000points – 5 sailfish releases
$4,860
Under 40′ Division
Mirage
Captain: James Rackley
Owner: Bill Monckton
600points – 1 blue marlin release
Tuna – 15.4lbs
Angler: Benny Maresca
Boat: Day Maker
$5,775
Wahoo – 37.6lbs
Angler: Joseph Maresca
Boat: Day Maker
$5,775
Dolphin – 27.19lbs
Angler: Billy Monckton
Boat: Mirage
$4,350
Lady Angler
Litsa Darby
Boat: Artemis
5.4lb Dolphin
Gulf Coast Division
Blue Marlin Grand Championship of the Gulf July 7-12, 2015 58 Teams
Congrats to Double J for weighing in the largest blue marlin- 716.6 lbs
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Gulf Coast Division
John Uhr Memorial Billfish Tournament July 8-11, 2015
Final Results:
1st Place- Game Hog- 2 blue marlin releases
2nd Place- Bleu Sky- 1 blue and 1 white marlin
3rd Place- Bird Dog- 1 white marlin
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Hawaii Division
Kona Throw Down July 7-9, 2015
Final Results: Sea Genie II Largest Marlin- 571 lbs.
Kona Throw Down Day One Results:
Sea Genie II – 400 pts.
Bite Me 2 – 400 pts.
Rod Bender – 400 pts.
Ihu Nui – 200 pts.
Five Star – 200 pts.
Marlin Magic II – 200 pts.
Nasty Habit – 200 pts.
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International Division
Bermuda Big Game Classic July 9-13, 2015
Day 3 July 12- Final Results
Day 2 Results- Plane Simple boated a 540 lbs. marlin.
Day 1 Results- Shake Down weighed in a 741 lbs. marlin Day 1 Daily.
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Hawaii Division
Skins Marlin Derby July 10-12, 2015 Final Results
Kona, Hawaii
Amazingly for Kona, Hawaii, 51 blue marlin were caught during the 3 day Skins tournament and not one was over 500 pounds.
Captain Boyd DeCoito on the Foxy Lady won a decisive victory by tagging and releasing seven blue marlin, for a total of 1,400 points. Chip Collins from Texas took care of all the angling duities, while Kama De Silva and Mark Shubert ran the cockpit.
Last year’s World Cup winning team on Huntress was hot on their trail with captain Stymie Epstein and World Cup champion angler Stephanie Choate with five blue marlin tags and a total of 1,000 points. Nate “the Mate” and Kenton Geer worked the pit.
Right behind Huntress with 800 points were captain Carlton Taniyama on Five Star with Warrant Keith and Tom Goodman as anglers and captain Chip Van Mols on Luna with Chip’s daughter Jada Holt as angler.
Photo courtesy West Hawaii Today
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